The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 26th to February 2nd, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Former three-division world champions Abner Mares and Fernando Montiel will square off in all-action co-feature on Saturday, March 12, …
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Press Release: Canelo Alvarez to Battle Amir Khan
CANELO ALVAREZ TO BATTLE AMIR KHAN FOR THE WBC, RING MAGAZINE, AND LINEAL MIDDLEWEIGHT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ON CINCO DE MAYO WEEKEND LOS ANGELES (Feb. 2, 2016) – WBC, Ring Magazine and Lineal Middleweight World Champion Canelo Alvarez (46-1-1, 32 KOs) will make his first title defense of 2016 against former …
Read More »Canelo-Khan Announcement Stuns Fight World
By Sean Crose It was easy to assume the whole thing was a joke. There it was, right there on Twitter: “Proud to announce on May 7th, 2016 @canelo will return to the ring to face @amirkingkhan #CaneloKhan.” This came, believe it or not, from Golden Boy honcho Oscar De …
Read More »Post-Fight Shenanigans Mark Early 2016 Boxing
By Sean Crose Deontay Wilder, holder of one small piece of the heavyweight pie, had just thoroughly concussed a game and tough Artur Szpilka. Usually a showman by nature, Wilder opted post-fight to play it cool, to be respectful of an opponent who may well have been severely injured by …
Read More »HBO Boxing Results: Mikhaylenko Decisions Mayfield, Kovalev Mauls Pascal
By: William Holmes HBO’s World Championship Boxing Series was broadcast tonight from the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada and featured a light heavyweight title rematch between Jean Pascal and current champion Sergey Kovalev. Kovalev won by an 8th round TKO in their first fight in March of 2015. The opening …
Read More »Khan-Brook-Garcia saga: Khan Playing Spin & Dodge ’ems
By Courtney Riley Bureaucrats and spinmeisters ruins it for everyone and in boxing it’s no different. As of late, Amir Khan has been accused playing the bureaucrat, but his intellect (or seeming lack of) has spun the majority of the public against him. Khan was ringside for the Danny Garcia …
Read More »HBO Boxing Preview: Kovalev vs. Pascal, Mikhaylenko vs. Mayfield
By: William Holmes On Saturday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal, Canada HBO World Championship Boxing will televise the rematch between Sergey Kovalev and Jean Pascal for the IBF, WBO, and WBA Light Heavyweight World Titles. They previously fought in March of 2015, in which Kovalev was able to …
Read More »Amidst Some Confusion, Thurman-Porter Match Is Announced For March
By Sean Crose “KEITH THURMAN TO DEFEND WBA WELTERWEIGHT TITLE AGAINST SHAWN PORTER IN BLOCKBUSTER SHOWDOWN OF ELITE 147-POUNDERS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 12.” So screams a weekend press release announcing the long awaited matchup between Keith Thurman (26-0) and Shawn Porter (26-1-1) this March at the Mohegan Sun Casino in …
Read More »Boxing Insider Notebook: Pacquiao, Bradley, Golovkin, 50 Cent, Gamboa, and more
… By: William Holmes The following is the Boxing Insider notebook for the week of January 19th to January 26th, covering the comings and goings in the sport of boxing that you might have missed. Pacquiao vs. Bradley Officially Set for April 9th Eight division world champion Manny Pacquiao and five …
Read More »Press Conf Quotes: Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal
Sergey Kovalev, WBO, WBA and IBF Light Heavyweight World Champion “I want to thank you. I am really excited to be here in Canada and repeat this fight again. I am really happy. I am happy to fight Saturday and show you quality boxing. I have nothing to say just …
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